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My brand new, not even been out of the parking lot 393, has a leak at the freeze plug behind the motor mount on the drivers side. The guy that did my machine work and assembled the short block acts like he feels bad about it, but that doesn't fix my problem. He did say he would send me a freeze plug and give me some future credit on machine work, but still, doesn't help the problem at hand. I ran the engine for about 20 minutes after getting the trans cooler hooked up and the temp was up to about 200. This was inside a building with the roll up door open. While it was running everything seemed fine. About a minute after shutting it off I noticed a drip of antifreeze on the drivers side, 1 drip about every 5 seconds and it continued until the pressure was off enough that I could squeeze the top radiator hose. I am running a Ron Davis Radiator, 16lb cap, stock fan and fan shroud, BC Broncos Tuff Stuff water pump, 180 degree thermostat. Is this something that is only going to get worse? Can this freeze plug be changed without taking the engine out? Would you change anything on my setup for cooling purposes?
Any advice is appreciated, I am a little frustrated.
Any advice is appreciated, I am a little frustrated.